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Freelancers’ Questions: Does Maternity Allowance come with an earnings cap?

Tax tips for a mum-to-be, half onto something even before knowing the answers to her queries.

4 February 2021

4 min

How the self-employed can ask for a pay rise amid the covid pandemic

Lockdown shouldn’t put a padlock on freelancers tactfully asking for a rate that reflects their hard work.

1 February 2021

5 min

The rise of freelancers during COVID-19

COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of having a form of income that can be earned from home and can easily fit around changing circumstances. Here we will look at the rise of freelancer during COVID-19.

28 January 2021

4 min

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Here’s where tax returns faze freelancers, even if HMRC is delaying fines

The self-employed will embrace the Feb 28 waiver, but must still avoid six self-assessment traps.

26 January 2021

4 min

Freelancers' Questions: Can EU freelancers still do work stints in London?

'It’s now both business and pleasure if you’re self-employed and visiting the UK, but very little else.'

21 January 2021

3 min

Freelancers’ Questions: Do I need a UTR number for my theatre art contract?

'The Revenue’s way to identify you is definitely for life, not just for Christmas or the New Year.'

11 January 2021

3 min

Freelancers’ Questions: Are the UK’s EU freelancers hit by the Brexit deal?

Revealed: the new hoops that EU nationals freelancing in Britain must jump through to stay.

7 January 2021

3 min

Freelancers, what is required to complete your tax return?

As a freelancer, you have earnings outside of PAYE, and the chances are you’ll need to file a tax return.

4 January 2021

3 min

Why a UK Intermittents du Spectacle wouldn’t cut it for freelance creatives

Close but no cigar: a French scheme for performance workers would bring across its own issues if imported.

15 December 2020

5 min

To help UK freelancers, experts mull France’s ‘Intermittents du Spectacle’

An import to help end the ‘apartheid’ Britain’s self-employed suffer under is being backed, at least in spirit.

11 December 2020

4 min

Freelancers' Questions: How to be self-employed in Italy if I leave the UK?

An expert on freelancing overseas ends a ‘viscous circle,’ but balks at the likely paperwork and controls involved.

3 December 2020

4 min

What to do when you're overwhelmed by freelance work

Running a freelancer business can be full on, and in order to survive the storm you need to change your approach to work.

29 November 2020

4 min

Freelancers' Questions: How to tell the client of my covid-19 concerns?

The self-employed can inoculate against awkward coronavirus conversations by mixing the practical with the tactical.

26 November 2020

5 min

Who needs a UTR number?

A self-employed freelancer in the UK is required to have a Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) as it helps HMRC identify and process tax returns against the correct taxpayer’s records.

18 November 2020

2 min